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Dane gun

noun

Dane gun

noun

Etymology The guns were originally imported into West Africa by Danish traders.

1

A long-barreled flintlock musket, used and generally manufactured in West Africa.

  • Her father summoned all the courage he could muster, loaded his Dane gun, and asked his daughter to take him to this secret hole.2007, Makuchi, The Sacred Door and Other Stories, page 61:

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